India’s IISc, Bengaluru highest ranked university: QS World University Rankings 2016
Q. Which is the highest ranking university in the latest QS World University Rankings, 2016?- Published on 20 Jul 16a. IISc Bengaluru
b. IIT-Madras
c. IIT-Bombay
d. University of Mumbai
ANSWER: IISc Bengaluru
India has expanded the base in the rankings with 17.6 percent of the 250 universities from the nation, and its highest ranked university, Indian institute of Sciences Bengaluru fell a single place from the previous year’s ranking.
- 6 of the top 10 Indian universities also lost position while India had one fewer university in the top 20 when compared to last year’s rankings.
- India has 8 universities in the top 50, same as Russia and one more than Brazil among the BRICS Nation.
- Quacquarelli Symonds are global higher education analysts which release a ranking of the best universities in the BRICS nations each year.